| Description |
1 online resource (207 pages) |
| Contents |
Studying midwifery / Kirsty Darroch & Valerie Fleming -- Midwifery care in the community during the woman's pregnancy / Yvonne Fontein -- Midwifery care with the woman in labour in an institution / Miranda Page -- Midwifery care of the mother and baby at home / Allison Ewing -- Midwives and perinatal mental health / Eleanor Forrest -- The supervisor of midwives and the manager / Jean Duerden -- The academic midwife / Rosemary Mander -- The midwife as a researcher / Ans Luyben -- The global midwife / Valerie Fleming -- The independent and non-NHS midwife / Nessa McHugh -- A male midwife's perspective / Denis Walsh -- Do women care if their midwife has had children? / Carrie MacIntosh -- The midwife who is an author / Penny Curtis -- On not becoming a midwife : the role of the birth activist / Nadine Edwards -- The ex-midwife / Elaine Haycock-Stuart |
| Summary |
What is the reality of being a midwife in the twenty-first century? What is it like to help and support women throughout pregnancy and childbirth and into motherhood? What roles can midwives play in society?This new edition of the popular text, Becoming a Midwife, explores what it is to be a midwife, looking at the factors that make midwifery such a special profession, as well as some of the challenges. The fully updated chapters cover a variety of settings and several different stages in a woman's pregnancy, including stories from midwives working in hospitals and in the community, as manager |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Midwifery.
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Midwives.
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Women midwives.
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Vocational guidance.
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Midwifery
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Career Choice
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Vocational Guidance
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Nurse Midwives
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midwives.
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vocational guidance.
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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Women midwives
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Vocational guidance
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Midwives
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Midwifery
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fleming, Valerie
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| ISBN |
9781135107611 |
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1135107610 |
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0415660092 |
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9780415660099 |
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0415660106 |
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9780415660105 |
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9781306785433 |
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130678543X |
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9780203074367 |
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020307436X |
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